Teen wrecked his ATV, but couldn’t tell 911 where he was

A teenage boy was seriously hurt Monday afternoon when he wrecked his ATV on Sumas Mountain, officials said.

Firefighters and Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies searched for about 20 minutes on logging roads east of Nooksack before finding the boy at the bottom of a steep 60-foot ravine, said Chief Jerry DeBruin of Whatcom County Fire District 14.

“He missed a corner and went off the edge of a sharp incline,” DeBruin said. “Fortunately, the kid had his cellphone with him.”

DeBruin said the boy, whose name wasn’t disclosed because of his age, was riding with his grandfather when the two became separated before the incident.

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